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Decibels Demystified, Part 2  Aug 1, 2001, By Scott Wilkinson Among the most misused audio terms are volume, level, and gain. During the past 15 years, many fundamental music-technology concepts have been explained...

SHORTCUTS TO SUCCESS  Jul 1, 2001, Larry The O Use the right shortcuts to get more work done with less effort. Every time you have to redo a task or repeat a series of actions, you probably wonder...

UNDERGROUND DRUM SOUNDS  Jul 1, 2001, By Myles Boisen Before the Internet, e-commerce, and Napster, if you wanted a record, you had to go to a record store and buy it. If your tastes ran to music more challenging...

5.1 Mixing on a Budget  Jun 1, 2001, BY MIKE SOKOL Mixing in surround doesn't mean you have to take out a second mortgage. EM goes shopping at retail electronics stores for affordable consumer receivers and subwoofers that are well suited for surround applications....

Battling Medusa  Jun 1, 2001, BY KAREN STACKPOLE The cabling spaghetti found in most personal studios conjures a present-day Medusa. But you can overcome Medusa without turning to stone if you follow the advice of experienced studio professionals. Here's how to avoid the most common pitfalls when making connections in any studio, no matter what its size....

The Shocking Truth  Jun 1, 2001, By Scott Wilkinson The secrets of electricity revealed. During the past 15 years, many fundamental music-technology concepts have been explained in Square One (originally...

Publish or Perish?  Jun 1, 2001, By Mary Cosola Should you sign a music-publishing deal or go it alone?...

MIXING in the Round  May 1, 2001, By Mike Sokol A wealth of choices can be a blessing and a curse. Wouldn't you know it? Just when recording engineers have mixing in stereo down cold, 5.1-channel surround...

Mixing with a Master  Sep 1, 2000, Mike Levine A session Eddie kramer. On a cold Sunday afternoon in New York City, legendary engineer and producer Eddie Kramer walked into the "SSL Room" at the SAE...

Cartoon Cutups  Jun 1, 2000, By Erik Hawkins The wacky undersea world of SpongeBob SquarePants, Nickelodeon's first original Saturday-morning cartoon, is officially a hit. Recently touted by TV Guide...

The Electronic Century Part IV: The Seeds of the Future  May 1, 2000, Joel Chadabe At the end of the 1960s, two distinct but parallel paths of technical innovation traversed the field of electronic music. One of the paths, leading toward...

Out of the Bottle  Apr 1, 2000, Paul Myers Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle" is the most recent product of producer/composer/keyboardist David Frank's magic touch. Cowritten by Frank, Steve...

The Electronic Century Part III: Computers and Analog Synthesizers  Apr 1, 2000, Joel Chadabe The recorder, which became commercially available around 1950, made possible a musical revolution because it allowed composers to record sounds and arrange...

Favorite effects tips from the trenches  Mar 1, 2000, Nick Peck Synthesizers and samplers are great for certain types of electronic and artificial effects, but I rarely use them for sound design. I find that there's...

To Tell The Truth  Mar 1, 2000, Brian Knave Listen in as eight affordable small-diaphragm condenser mics take the stand–the mic stand, that is!...

The Electronic Century Part II: Tales of the Tape  Mar 1, 2000, Joel Chadabe When tape recorders were introduced to the market around 1950, composers embarked on a musical revolution. Magnetic recording made it possible for them...

Plug in to Creativity  Feb 1, 2000, Peter Freeman Plug-ins that process digital audio continue to crop up in a seemingly endless variety of formats and types-TDM, AudioSuite, VST, Premiere, real time,...

The Electronic Century Part I: Beginnings  Feb 1, 2000, Joel Chadabe As we enter the 21st century, electronic music is fast approaching its 100th anniversary. This is a good time to look at our roots and get to know how...

Recording Electric Guitar  Oct 1, 1999, Myles Boisen The electric guitar is one of the easiest instruments to record. Even a modest rig makes the engineer's job a cinch, offering plenty of level, a variety of easily adjustable tones, and an assortment of flavor enhancers....

Diva's Choice  Sep 1, 1999, Larry the O Arif Mardin is, quite simply, one of the foremost names in modern music production. Born in Turkey, he emigrated to the United States to attend Berklee...

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